A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man who is the third person to die by that method in the state this year.

A man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl he abducted from her bedroom has been executed in Florida.

South Carolina's highest court has refused to stop Friday's execution of a man who killed three people over five days and left taunting messages for police in one victim's blood.

A man on death row in South Carolina has chosen to die by firing squad.

A South Carolina inmate who killed a man, burned his eyes with cigarettes and then painted “catch me if u can” on the wall with the victim’s blood more than 20 years ago has been scheduled to be executed.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – Officers called to a shooting at the Red Carpet Lounge about 2 a.m. Saturday found a man with three gunshot wounds and stopped a Jeep leaving the area containing two more men with gunshot wounds, according to the Brunswick Police Department. Officer learned that bouncers from the club followed patrons outside at closing time trying to get them to leave the area before the dancers left for the night. Stephen Bryant, 35 of Charleston, South Carolina, who was a bystander and stepped in to help the bouncers, was shot in the chest, leg and arm. Two of three men in the fleeing SUV had minor gunshot wounds and were taken to Southeast Georgia Health Systems. No arrests have been made and Brunswick police are still working to find out who initiated gunfire.